Villa Seca Northwest

Occurrence in Guanajuato, Mexico with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086715
MRDS ID MX10079
Record type Site
Current site name Villa Seca Northwest

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -101.65178, 21.26443 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 23-26 KM SW OF IBARRA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Guanajuato

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -101.65178, 21.26443

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRATIGRAPHY NOT CERTAIN. INTRUSIVE EXTENDS INTO JALISCO OVER 20 SQ KM AND 30 SQ KM IN GUANAJUATO. MN IN SCHIST. SEDIMENTARY-VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY: TERT FELSIC TUFF, EXTENDS OVER 0.6 SQ KM; TERT? INTERMEDIATE INTRUSIVE (ALSO LABELED GRANITE ON MAP), EXTENDS OVER 0.4 SQ KM; PAL?-MES? SCHIST EXTENDS OVER 1.0 SQ KM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 MINE, 1 PROSPECT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 1 MINE, 1 PROSPECT FOR MN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INEGI, 1982, GEOLOGIC AND TOPOGRAPHIC, 1:50,000 QUADRANGLE

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-93 Staude, John-Mark G. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.